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As you can tell by the rating this is far from a positive review. I rented the party bus for my wife's 50th birthday and Carlos (mentioned by other reviewers) was the contact for my event. We had a pretty tight schedule and Carlos fell down again and again. First he was 30 minutes late for the pickup because he had another wine tour just before our trip and frankly did not plan his logistics well going from Newberg to Vancouver, WA Attitude goes a long way in these situations, and it was more about him than us..... #2 - we stopped to pick up another group and on the way to our first venue he ran out of GAS....yes....GAS. He claimed the fuel gauge didn't work and then got on the phone to his wife to potentially come and bring gas to him from Clackamas during rush hour traffic (no way that takes less than 45 mins to an hour in rush hour traffic, which it was) We were stranded on the highway in the median between the off ramp and I-5. Two of my guest volunteered to walk a 1/2 mile up the exit to a gas station and purchase gas...(Carlos did not) We gassed up and then went to the gas station to fill up. Now we have over an hour of delayed time, inconvenience, and frankly not a great experience for my guests. Again, attitude, apologies would have gone a long way, but it was more about Carlos and his day then our event. To end the story quickly, we sent Carlos on his way after 5 hours ( we had arranged for 4-5) and we took Ubers home. The next morning, I messaged Carlos to see what he was going to do to compensate us for the comedy of errors. He told me he did not charge me the mandatory tip ($100) or the optional tip $100 again and had given me a complimentary hour (which was the hour that he was late and the time we spent sitting on the side of the road) What would I be tipping for?. He had the audacity to tell me I was "making out" on the credit, and proceeded to charge my credit card for the full 4 hours again with very little or no apology. I suggested to him that that was not enough for the issues and that was not a way to run a business, he again told me essentially he had done enough. Had he offered a credit toward a future ride with his services, or been more apologetic to my guests and my wife we may have had a different outcome and this would have been a different review. He deserves the negative reviews, and I would avoid the company and the driver and go with other services. I hope that he and his business can learn from this, and understand what long term relationships can do to build a business, and how the immediate revenue means little when they don't have a long term view. read more

The wrong kind of bachelorette wet panties!! This review is for Carlo and any one trying to make a careful choice - these special events in which we rent limos don't come around often- one must choose carefully. Carlo (Rip City Limos owner and driver) doesn't understand the business he's really in and he doesn't understand what's actually best for his business - I predict he won't last. We rent limos and go to wine country on very special occasions. We want to feel special and experience luxury. Carlo is in the business of creating that experience for his patrons. Unfortunately, if its 100 degrees and your AC breaks you simply cannot provide that experience. If Carlo understood what he was really selling- that feeling of fanciness and lavishness - he would have been REALLY apologetic and did what he could to accommodate us. I have kind-spirited, optimistic friends and we tried to ignore the sweat running down every crevice and culminating most uncomfortably but it was tough. Not only did Carlo not apologize, or offer a discount but when we asked for one - or even to waive the Portland pick up fee- he had the audacity to say that wouldn't be in his best interest to cut us a break!! So all we could do is withhold our tips. That should be our right...right? Well, apparently that's not how Carlo operates - he then charged the card on file $180!!!!!!!!!!! ($20/pp) CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! Not ONLY that, but when my sister (card holder) called to see if there had been a mistake (I told you I kept good company) he defended himself and said why he believed he deserved the tip!! So she had to dispute the charge with the credit card company!! I was and am in awe that ANYONE thinks this is proper business. Maybe he went to Trump University!! Carlo- I get that you drive around all the time and get ladies drunk for $49 (your words, not mine) but this was a special day to me that I only get once- you didn't care about us. You cared about you. Potential patrons of ripoff city limos - I think Carlo could do a great job for you but he is only in this for HIM - NOT you. If ANYTHING goes south, you better bet you'll be the ones to pay. Please try any other service- show Carlo this is NOT how business should be conducted. read more

Company lost my business when they started out by saying "there's no extra fee if you are within a 10 mile radius of downtown using Pioneer Square as a reference point". We are about 9 miles away, 9.6 by Barbur. They changed their tune and said by the I5 it is 10.2 miles, so that's $90. Needless to say, they destroyed a chance at a B2B relationship before it even began by counting pennies, and we run a lot of events. read more

Yelp removed this originally - so I'm reposting it because this was very much my experience with the owner: TL; DR charged the party full price and then some for a broken limo hotbox ride and legal theft from the bank. Where do I begin? Our planner booked and paid the extra fee for pick up in North Portland for a wine tour on that 100 degree day that weekend in August, 2016. The morning of the event, Carlo, the owner called her to tell her that the A/C had burned out on one side of the limo and she could either cancel, take the party bus that was still being worked on or take the Escalade with no A/C. She chose the escalade on a gamble and he really just didn't give her any other choice. We roasted. The planner gave him the three wineries she wanted to visit for the party, Carlo got lost and had to turn around several times in the middle of the road. At one winery, some of the other guests took our picture and Carlo asked us to post them with the hashtag #ripcitylimos when he didn't even take the pic or offer to take the pic!! The final straw was that Carlo offered no discount, charged our party the full price to pick us up outside of the company radius, the full price of the limo ride, and ended up tacking an additional $180.00 tip to the original credit card that we withheld because he refused to discount the broken limo ride. When our planner called to give him the benefit of the doubt, Carlo only said, he had to do what's best for his business. She refuted the charge to her card, and the bank refunded her the $180 but its such small beans they won't go after him for it. Don't use #ripoffcitylimos EDIT: Here is as much as Yelp would let me post of the owner's response to my inbox, I've also taken a screen capture of the response and posted it for your enjoyment: "...I have been doing this for many years now and I read groups very well. Those groups you can mingle with and enjoy one another's stories and company. These ladies where to good to have a conversation with anyone but themselves. I had mentioned to them all that if they would like to eat their snacks that they brought with them at a winery let me know and I will be glade to get everything for you and set it all up. They responded with really thanks. One of the wineries that they chosen was closed to the public. I suggested Argyle and they all agreed sure let's go. At this point we are already behind schedule. I agreed to give them an extra 1/2 hour so they can enjoy themselves without being rushed and that way they can eat their snacks at the winery. Everyone just took off and went into the winery. I went up to the Bookie and asked if they needed anything from the store as I was going across thel street I offered to get them ice or anything and they respectfully declined. I offered to get their snacks to eat at the last winery before I went to to store. I told them they had 25 minutes before we have to leave to make it to drop-off on time. 10 minutes before it was time to go I get a text saying they wanted me to bring in the food. (We don't allow food in our Limousines any more as others have ruined that opportunity). The bride to be came up to me and started threatening me with reviews in social media and telling me that I wasn't accommodating them enough and how the Limos is hot. I had compromised with them and said they may eat in the limo on our way to the drop off. They were very difficult getting them all in the limo to go. By this time we were going to be 45 min late. I tried everything I could to accommodate them from the first call to the drop off. I gave them extra time and was at their mercy of helping them and try to make this event as special as we at Rip City Limos knows how to do. It just was no pleasing this group no matter what you do or how much you give." read more

Rip City Limos - The owner's response to my review. In full. - Party Bus Rentals Near Me

Potential party planners deserve to be warned. There's a fair share I could say about my experience with Rip City Limo and some in my party already have (although RCL removed because I was the party planner not them, which I had no idea they could do). To keep this succinct, I'll focus on the final straw that made me decide to post this negative review. I typically give negative reviews to people directly so they have an opportunity to turn it around before it's made public but I feel differently in this case due to ethics. After significant mishaps and poor customer service related to our day in the limo (some related to unfortunate timing and some down right poor business choices on the owner's part) members in our party reflected their satisfaction (or lack of) in the tipping process. After all, that's what tipping is for, right? Being the party planner, the owner had my card on file. Despite the fact that I had an invoice showing we had paid in full prior to our tour, the owner himself proceeded to make an unauthorized charge after our tour for $180. When I inquired about the charge, trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, he explained he was unsatisfied with how we handled the tip and said that was what the charges for. Carlo (owner) told me he prides himself on being honest and ethical. We could debate all day about whether or not the service we received was right or fair but I simply don't see how you can ever call it ethical to take nearly $200 from someone unauthorized. Simple fact, Carlo and this business, operate unethical practices. read more

I found Rip City Limo's by google when our previous company was no longer an option. Going off of reviews, we reached out to Carlo the owner to get reserved. From the start Carlo was responsive, attentive, all around amazing. Day of, we were greeted 10 minutes early by Brandon, our driver. From the second he introduced himself, he was professional and enthusiastic! IT WAS AMAZING! He was attentive, joined in on conversation periodically throughout the day and really enjoyable. We have done a few wine tours to date and this is bar far one of the best we have done! Brandon made that possible! We will definitely be using Rip City again, and requesting Brandon as well. THANK YOU Carlo and Brandon!!!!! read more

Bought a Groupon and the owner said he would only honor two Groupons a day. The site says 40 sold. He claims he had two Groupons being used ON A SUNDAY 8/14/16 (I call BS) and couldn't afford to loose money. I said I read the fine print (see below for Groupon FINE PRINT) and it did not mention anything about a two Groupon a day limit. He then fell back on the Fine Print saying it says call first. The FINE PRINT says nothing about that. I understand not wanting to lose money, but I'm the customer so IF by chance the guy had two other customers using a groupon on a SUNDAY then he NEEDS to actually put it in the fine print. Typical BS from a company I'll never use! The Fine Print (From Groupons Site) Promotional value expires 120 days after purchase. Amount paid never expires. Reservation required. Merchant's standard cancellation policy applies (any fees not to exceed Groupon price). Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as gift. Limit 1 per visit. Must use promotional value in 1 visit. Valid only for option purchased. Multiple Groupons cannot be combined for the same date. Valid within a 10 mile radius of Downtown Portland. Outside of that standard area can be arranged for an additional fee. Offer valid Sunday-Thursday only. Not valid 1/1, 2/14, 3/17, 5/30, 7/4, 9/5, 10/31, 11/26, 12/24-25, or 12/31. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services. read more

I found Rip City Limos through a groupon promotion, and they were a GREAT find! I reserved the 'batmobile' a few months ahead of time for a girls' day wine tasting tour in Hood River, and was very impressed with how the company works with its customers to make sure they get the experience they want. Day of our tour, our stretch was clean, spacious, and our driver was great! I would definitely recommend them -- I have already referred a friend to them and she has used them twice, and I've booked them for another tour in a few weeks. Thanks, Rip City Limos! read more

I would give this company zero stars if I could. I used them for my bachelorette and it was nothing but a disaster! Our limo started to fill with smoke so we had to get out on the side of the road and walk. Then they tried to "fix the limo" which took forever and attempted to drive us to our first winery. Our limo then caught on fire and we had to find another ride home. We demanded our money back and we had to haggle so much to get them to comply. Horrible horrible horrible. read more

Horrible experience! They hired a new driver the night before, per conversation with the driver! I rented a bus on new years eve. I asked the time to be 12:30. The driver didn't come until 1:45am!!! This only happened after I found someone to give him directions downtown because he was on the wrong side of the bridge! It caused 6 people I mind you not to join in on the funds, ruined our night to go out as all the bars were closing! And that's not it! From being lost he was low on gas and had to atop at the gas station! And being new he didn't know how to work the music and took a half hour on the phone to call his boss and ask how!!!!!! Thirdly, mind you we were all drinking, the only thing we could do is complain and go to an ihop! He couldn't even do that because his whack gps couldn't get us to there and he took directions without the renters consent to drive halfway to Beaverton! I thought the whole time we were going to ihop, only to think we were lost! Only to find out we were only not getting food but we were 30+ minutes to our way back home. His driving caused 4 people to pull over and puke outside the bus for his speeding and sharp turning! We went home and our night was done! Horrible memories created from this business! I called the manager multiple times that weekend and never received a call back. I told him I was highly dissatisfied with the service and the professionalism of his employees and that it was extremely unprofessional and that he ruined my new years! Never got a call back or a discount on my balance!!! read more

NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!! Booked a pick up time at 9pm, realized that was not a good time for me. Called the very next day and changed the time to 10pm, carlos didn't mind and told me everything was fine. The day of the party the driver showed up at 8:30 and they wanted me to pay for the extra time! No! I should have bought through groupon but carlos promised me that they honored the same price even though they added an extra $80. Then when we paid another $130 for an extra hr they were still rude about doing business. This was the worst party bus ever! And I would never recommend this company! read more

Great job to rip city limo's and Carlo. Booked the white stretch nav for my daughters 16th birthday. Carlo was On time and very courteous. Got us to dinner on time and had a great ride for the 15 people in the vehicle. Would recommend to use. I know I will read more

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Horrible experience! They hired a new driver the night before, per conversation with the driver! I rented a bus on new years eve. I asked the time to be 12:30. The driver didn't come until 1:45am!!! This only happened after I found someone to give him directions downtown because he was on the wrong side of the bridge! It caused 6 people I mind you not to join in on the funds, ruined our night to go out as all the bars were closing! And that's not it! From being lost he was low on gas and had to atop at the gas station! And being new he didn't know how to work the music and took a half hour on the phone to call his boss and ask how!!!!!! Thirdly, mind you we were all drinking, the only thing we could do is complain and go to an ihop! He couldn't even do that because his whack gps couldn't get us to there and he took directions without the renters consent to drive halfway to Beaverton! I thought the whole time we were going to ihop, only to think we were lost! Only to find out we were only not getting food but we were 30+ minutes to our way back home. His driving caused 4 people to pull over and puke outside the bus for his speeding and sharp turning! We went home and our night was done! Horrible memories created from this business! I called the manager multiple times that weekend and never received a call back. I told him I was highly dissatisfied with the service and the professionalism of his employees and that it was extremely unprofessional and that he ruined my new years! Never got a call back or a discount on my balance!!! read more

I ordered a party bus for a bachelor party and and a Limo my daughters 16th Birthday Party. Both rentals were in the same week. Guess what happened? We got a limo for the bachelor party, which was not to terrible but my daughter and her High school friends getting the party bus with the stripper pole was completely bad.... by the time it happened there was nothing i could do about it. didn't request a refund or will ever do business with again. read more

I am extremely unhappy with my experience that I didn't have... the bus company had a "technical problem" and mentioned they would be 30 minutes late. An hour later they never showed up. We called later and they cancelled on us. We had to change all of our plans because if this. Our senior homecoming has been ruined thank you. read more

*** PLEASE READ TO THE END FOR FULL REVIEW... THE OWNER WON US OVER AND WE WOULD DEF USE THEM AGAIN IF WE GET CARLO *** Original review; December 4, 2015 If I could leave no stars I would. I am livid. This company will cheat you of your money. DO NOT BOOK WITH THEM! They charged my card on November 30 for a wine tasting tour on December 6. However, today is December 5 and I have not received any information about our driver or a confirmation code. But if you look at my bank acct or any of my friends acct we've all been charged. For what?! I have no clue. We have no driver booked, they didn't schedule any of our wineries (I did- by choice so that's fine. However, I'm just stating this bc I'm still uncertain what I'm being charged for) and they haven't answered or returned any of our calls in the last 3 days. They claim they can't book the driver because they need payments from all the party. However, that's hard to do when they don't answer or return calls. (About 20 missed calls and over 10 VM) This is so unprofessional! Being helpful before taking our money and once you take our money then you don't return our calls. There should be no reason we don't get a return call either seeing as your hours clearly state that you're open from 7-8pm and you called us back ASAP before you had our credit card numbers. SMH. You folks should be ashamed of yourselves. If I don't receive a call back before the 6th you can guarantee you will be reported to the better business bureau and my lawyer as that is clearly theft. You have clearly stolen money from over 5 ppl. Also if you plan on buying a GROUPON for them and call them to see if they have reservations. They will say oh you don't need to buy a groupon we will honor that price. DON'T do it. At least Groupon will refund you your money back with out a hassles if you're not able to redeem it. However, rip city limos does not, they take your money with no explanation and then when you try calling back they ignore you. You're better off renting through rip city bus tours or another private company. In the long run it will save you the headache and at least you'll get something in return for the money you spent. December 05, 2015 11:19am I received a call back from the owner of the company. We are now scheduled and have fixed any confusion or miscommunication. He was very easy to deal with and tried his best to remedy the situation. I will update my reviews after the tour to let you yelpers know how the tour went :) December 07, 2015 If it was not for the miscommunication during scheduling and a few dirty cups I would have given this company a 5 star review. The owner, Carlo was our driver. He wanted to make sure there were no other problems with our tour and there was absolutely NONE! He was a few minutes early to pick us up from my home and we took a little while to all load into the car. But he wasn't upset about that at all. We only had 7 ppl as there were issues with scheduling the rest of our party. However, Carlo still took the 7 us out in what was promised and took amazing care of us! We each paid $49.99 and then an additional pick up fee of $90.00 split between us. He worked around our winery picks and even took us to a few extra stops since we had some extra time. Carlo even took pictures for us and carried all our wine purchases and boxes back to the "batmobile". He made my birthday really special and our group is already looking forward to booking a casino limo tour. :) One thins I recommend is buying the GROUPON deal just in case you are not able to schedule, you'll at least be able to get a full refund. And don't forget to bring some snacks or lunch as the wine limo tours only include bottle water and glasses/cups. However, there are liittle ice chest you can chill your champagne/wine over. THANK YOU CARLO for everything we did not regret using your company!!! :) read more

Everyone I spoke to on the phone was polite and up front. I was in Portland from Hawaii for a birthday celebration. The staff, including driver were very professional and accommodating. The party bus was immaculately clean, and had all the hook ups for music etc. I even got an email from the owner after our ride to make sure everything was to my satisfaction!! Will definitely do business with them next time I'm in town!! read more

Zero complaints! Carlo was our driver and was absolutely amazing. He was more than accommodating! I would definitely use them again, and would recommend them! Thanks again read more

They took my money and then left our whole party stranded downtown. I booked the limo for my birthday, we paid for service from 10pm to 3am. The driver, Brandon, who is also the owners son, showed up at my house at 10pm. He was very nice, he came inside and took Jell-O shots with everyone and then we all loaded up and headed downtown. On our way downtown, one of the passengers got sick, we cleaned up the mess and let the driver know what had happened. As soon as we got out of the limo at our first stop, the owner called me and said that he was terminating our contract and that he would not be refunding any of my money. I explained to him that We had called a cab for the passenger that was sick and that we were very sorry. We knew that there was a $350 fine for getting sick in the limo and that we were ok with that. I asked him to please not leave us stranded and he basically said, tough shit. I informed him that his driver was taking Jell-O shots and he accused me of lying because all 3 of his sons are in "recovery". We have photos of his son, the driver, taking Jell-O shots. Not only did Carlo, the owner, charge me for the whole 5 hours, he also charged my card for $120 the next day for a tip for his son Brandon. Then he lied on social media and started making up stories about people in our group "threatening" his son, which was news to me. I talked to Carlo on the phone several times and he never said anything like this to me! I called him and asked if we could please find a resolution that would work for both of us, I explained that I felt it was unfair that he charged me $1040 for a limo that I only had for 20 minutes... I asked him to refund half of my money and he said No. He basically said, he got my money and there was nothing I could do about it now. Then he sent me a text message and said that if I ever contacted him again he would press charges on me for harassment! ALSO, there were many personal items, like hundreds of dollars worth, in the limo that he is denying and refusing to return. DO NOT HIRE THIS LIMO COMPANY. THEY ARE LYING THEIFS. THEY WILL RUIN YOUR SPECIAL DAY! read more

We used Rip City for our daughters 16th birthday and it was amazing. The driver was prompt, respectful and had a great time with all the kids. They were very affordable and worked with my requests of where I wanted them to go and the exact times. It was an experience she will never forget! And I will definitely use them again. read more

Buyer Beware!! What the other reviewers mention is true. They tell you one thing and then after the fact something very different. When during the entire trip, Carlo the owner and driver, never mentioned anything was wrong. Not until after we were gone and he sent a very mean spirited, unprofessional, text stating we owed more money. I was fine paying the extra cleaning fee, but $700 over what we owed? That is just stealing. To date, they are trying to claim we owe them over $1000! Stating we did something we did not do. Very unprofessional and just plain dishonest. read more

Where do I even begin with this piece of shit company? I saved and saved to give my son an amazing 10th birthday, which included a limo ride. The owner Carlo took my reservation and seemed perfectly nice during that call. But like magic, Carlo *poof* disappeared! He never returned another call or email. I left countless messages the week leading up to my son's party, with no response. Considering he had already charged my card for the ENTIRE amount 2 months before the party, I still held out hope he would just show up anyway...but since I'm not an idiot I called around the day before and luckily found an amazing limo company who had some availability later in the evening of the party day, should this Rip City asshole not show up. The amazing limo company didn't even require us to make an official reservation, he just promised he would help. (See my A+ review of HIS company under my account) But back to this horrible company... I obviously have filed a fraud report with my credit card company and will do what I can to spread the word that NO ONE should ever use this company. Dude really, really needs to find another line of work. This service is a very important part of many people's very special days (weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, proms) and the way he conducts business is horrible to do to people on these special days! Shame on you!! read more

We had a reservation and they just did not show up. Charges my friend and sent confirmation emails, but didn't show the day of the reservation. It was a friend's surprise party and the party bus didn't show so it completely ruined it. No email, no call, nothing to tell us that they weren't showing. And they charged us in advance so we better get our money back. This is a horrible experience and this ruined our night. I would not recommend this company at all. I called shanghai limos after this happened and they were willing to book us a trip same night for the same price so I would recommend them. Do not book rip city limos read more

Booked Rip City 3 months in advance of event. 1.5 months prior, called to confirm as no confirmation was received after they charged my credit card. Called & emailed several times, no response. Called to cancel reservations and book with a reliable company and they would not respond nor credit my account. Had to file a dispute with my credit card company and the BBB to obtain my refund. Totally unreliable! read more

I can't say enough good things about Rip City Limo! I was planning a bachelorette party in Portland from another city and wanted to do a wine tour. After the frustration of another company backing out on me, I had less than a week to schedule with another company and I am SO glad I found Rip City! They responded to me quickly, were able to schedule our group, got all of the winery reservations in place for us, and had a great price! Our driver, Brandon, was AWESOME! He was there early waiting for us, was very flexible with our desires for the tour (i.e. more time at one place than the others), and was a gentleman to all of us ladies with a great attitude! The limo was in excellent condition and the ride was perfect. I would highly recommend this company, and hope to use them again if I find myself back in the Portland area! Thank you, Rip City Limousine!!! read more

Awful service! We left three separate messages inquiring about availability for a birthday party and we're still waiting for a call back a week later. This lack of service justifies the poor reviews this company has been receiving. read more

We rented a limo for my daughter's sweet 16 birthday party. The girls had a great time, and really liked their driver Brandon. It was a great experience and exactly what I had anticipated at a lower price than other limo services, as I had called around to price compare many limo services in the Portland area. I would highly recommend! read more